Welcome
to IASP®. We are the largest multidisciplinary
international association in the field of pain. Founded in 1973, IASP is a
non-profit professional organization dedicated to furthering research on pain
and improving the care of patients with pain. Membership in IASP is open to
scientists, physicians, dentists, psychologists, nurses, physical therapists,
and other health professionals actively engaged in pain research and to those
who have special interest in the diagnosis and treatment of pain. Currently
IASP has 6744 individual members from 107 countries.
The purposes
of this site are to:
- provide services and
resources to IASP members
- introduce health care
professionals and scientists to IASP
- provide a vehicle for the
educational outreach of IASP
- call attention to the
importance of pain as a field for multidisciplinary scientific enquiry and
to pain prevention/relief as a priority for health care delivery.
For further
information or to join IASP please contact the
IASP Headquarters Office:
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International Association for the Study of Pain unless stated otherwise.
IASP is a non-profit,
tax-exempt association registered in the United States (ID: 23-7416302). We
welcome donations for the furtherance of the goals and objectives of the
Association.
We subscribe to the
HONcode principles
of the
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Public Information
This page provides a list of
professional medical organizations, patient outreach groups, and other
organizations that provide information on pain and related topics to the
general public. Each organization listed has confirmed the information
supplied below. The list is arranged by country, reflecting the global nature
of the activities of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP®).
To receive materials listed or for additional information, contact the
specific organizations named at the addresses given for their activities.
In addition, there are at
present 57 national or regional chapters of IASP, many of which have developed
or are developing patient information programs specific to their region. Some
also have home pages on the internet and can be easily contacted by a direct
link from the IASP website. Please refer to the
IASP Chapter page
for this information.
The following services are
NOT available from the International Association for the Study of Pain but
may be available from some of these other sources:
- - Patient information
service or patient information telephone line
- - List of pain treatment
centers
- - Physician referral
service
- - Reprints of articles or
pamphlets/booklets on specific pain syndromes or
- treatment
The presentation of this list
of organizations does not constitute endorsement or certification by IASP or
its Board of Directors of these organizations or of any publications or
activities sponsored by such organizations.
GENERAL RESOURCES
- Mayday UPPP:
www.painandhealth.org
MEDLINE and other
resources:
http://pubmed.gov and
http://medlineplus.gov
National Health
Information Center:
www.healthfinder.gov
Spineuniverse:
www.spineuniverse.com
WHO:
http://www.who.ch/
OTHER RESOURCES BY
COUNTRY
AUSTRALIA
- Australian
Neuroscience Society
- Attn: Dr. P. D. Marley
- Dept. of Pharmacology
- Univ of Melbourne
- Parkville, VIC 3052,
Australia
- Australian
Psychological Society Ltd
- PO Box 38
- Flinders Lane PO
Melbourne VIC 8009, Australia
| Tel: |
61-3-8662-3300 |
| Fax: |
61-3-9663-6177 |
| email: |
confer@psychsociety.com.au |
|
www: |
www.aps.psychsociety.com.au |
| Resources: |
In Australia -
Psychologist referral service |
AUSTRIA -
- Österreichische
Gesellschaft für Gynakologie und Geburtshilfe
- Wilhelminenspital der Stadt
Wien
- Vorstand: Prof. Dr Heinrich
Salzar
- 16, Montieatrtstrasse 37
- 1171 Vienna, Austria
| email: |
heinrich.salzer@univie.ac.at |
| Resources: |
Information
‘hot line’ |
- BELARUS
Belarussian Children's
Hospice
Fax:
00-375-(0)17238-85-31
Email: hospice@user.unibel.by
- BENIN
-
- Soc. Gynecologie/Obstetrique
- Attn: Prof E. Auihonou,
CRRHD, Ctr. National Hospitalies Univ.
- BP 386, Cotonou, Republic of
Benin
| Tel: |
229-300001 |
| Fax: |
229-301288 |
| email: |
alipini@syfed.bj.refer.org |
-
- BRAZIL
-
- Associacao Medica
Brasileira -
- Programa Nacional de
Educacao Continuada em Dor e Cuidados Paliativos
- (National
Educational Program on Pain & Palliative Care)
- Rua Sao Carlos do Pinhal,
324 - Bela Vista
- 01333-903 Sao Paulo, Brazil
| Tel: |
55-11-2879206;
or cell phone: 55-11-9221-7797 |
| Fax: |
55-11-3061-3557 |
| email: |
figuero@amcham.com.br
ou jfiguero@aol.com.br |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (free) |
| |
Books/tapes/videos (free) |
| Other: |
TV programs,
community channel, courses, symposiums, information ‘hot line’, CD ROM |
-
- Sociedade Brasileira
de Neurosciencas e Comportamento (SBNec)
- Secretario Geral Gilberto
Xavier, Dept Fisiologia - UBUSP
- Rua do Matao, Travessa 14,
321
- 05508-900, Sao Paulo, SP,
Brazil
-
- CANADA
-
- BC Cancer Agency
- Attn: Dr. H. Karsai
- 600 W. 10th Ave.
- Vancouver BC V5Z 4E6, Canada
-
- Canadian
Anesthesiologists' Society
- 1 Eglinton Avenue East, Ste
208
- Toronto, ON, M4P 3A1, Canada
| |
CAS Chronic
Pain Management Section |
| email: |
anesthesia@cas.ca |
| www: |
http://www.cas.ca |
| Publications: |
Patient
Information brochures (purchase) |
| |
Monthly
Journal 13 issues (purchase) Subscription/membership |
Canadian Cancer Society
10 Alcorn Avenue,
Suite 200,
Toronto, ON M4V 3BI, Canada
- Canadian
Chiropractic Association
- 1396 Eglington Ave., West
- Toronto, ON M6C 3E4, Canada
| Tel: |
416-781-5656 |
| Fax: |
416-781-7344 |
| email: |
ccachiro@ccachiro.org |
| www: |
www.ccachiro.org |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures |
| Other: |
Support groups |
| |
Information 'hot line' |
-
- Canadian Orthopaedic
Association
- 1440 S Catherine St West,
Ste 320
- Montreal, PQ, H3G 1R8,
Canada
| Tel: |
514-874-9003 |
| Fax: |
514-874-0164 |
| email: |
info@coa.org |
| www: |
http://www.coa.org |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (free) (purchase) |
| |
Books/tapes/videos (free) (purchase) |
| Referrals: |
Physician/Healthcare services |
| Other: |
Conferences/
Support groups/information ‘hot line’ |
- Help for Headaches
- 647 Oulette Ave, Suite 104
- Windsor, ON N9A 4J4, Canada
| Tel: |
519-252-3727 |
| Fax: |
519-252-5537 |
| email: |
brent@headache-help.org |
| www: |
http://www.headache-help.org |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (free) |
| |
Books/tapes/videos (purchase) |
| Referrals: |
Physician/Healthcare services |
| Other: |
Conferences |
-
- Institute for the
Study and Treatment of Pain
- 5655 Cambie St
- Vancouver BC, V5Z 3A4,
Canada
|
Tel: |
604-264-7867 |
|
Fax: |
604-264-7807 |
|
email: |
istop@istop.org or ims_istop@hotmail.com |
|
www: |
www.istop-pain.com |
|
Publications: |
Information brochures (free) |
| |
Books/tapes/videos (purchase) |
-
- International
Federation on Aging
- 425 Vigor Street West, Suite
520
- Montreal PQ H2Z 1X2 Canada
-
- North American
Chronic Pain Association of Canada
- 60 Lorne Ave,
- Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 3E7,
Canada
| Tel: |
902-463-5757;
800-616-7246 |
| Email: |
nacpac@sympatico.ca |
| www: |
www.chronicpaincanada.org |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (free) |
| |
Books
(purchase) |
| Other: |
Support Groups |
-
- The Ontario
Physiotherapy Association
- 55 Eglington Ave. East,
Suite 210
- Toronto, ON M4P 1G8 Canada
| Tel: |
416-322-6866 |
| Fax: |
416-322-6705 |
| Email: |
physiomail@opa.on.ca |
| www: |
www.opa.on.ca |
| Other: |
Healthcare
referral service |
CROATIA
- Croatian Society for
Hospice & Palliative Care
- Attn: M. Persoli-Gudelj,
PhD, MD
- Skopska 9
- 47000 Karlovac, Croatia
CYPRUS
- Cyprus Association
of Cancer Patients and Friends
- PO Box 23868
- 1687 Nicosia, Cyprus
| Tel: |
00357-2-34544 |
| Fax: |
00357-2-346116 |
| email: |
caocpat@cytanet.com.cy |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (free) |
| |
Books/tapes/videos (free) |
| Referrals: |
Physician/Healthcare services |
| Other: |
Support
groups/ Home Care Service/
Psychosocial support
service |
FRANCE
- Groupe
Pluridisciplinaire de Recherches sur la Douleur
- Attn: F. Vazou
- 27 rue Victor Hugo
- 37000 Tours, France
|
Tel: |
02-47-60-2061 |
|
Fax: |
02-47-05-9722 |
|
Other: |
Research/study on non-speaking and/or non-understanding patients |
GEORGIA
- Georgian
Neuroscience Association
- Attn: Dr. Merab G. Tsagareli
- Dept Neurophysioly of Pain
and Analgesia
- Beritashvili Institute of
Physiology
- 14 Gotua Street
- 380060 Tbilisi, Georgia
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (free) |
| |
Books/tapes/videos (free) |
| Referrals: |
Physician/Healthcare referral service |
| Other: |
Support
groups/information ‘hot line’ |
GHANA
- Beware of Aids (BAWA)
- Attn: M. O. Duodu
- Box 76
- Offinso-Ashanti
- Ghana
|
Tel: |
233-51-20341 / 2; 233-24-363232 |
|
Fax: |
233-51-25306 |
|
email: |
goldlink@ncs.com.gh |
|
Other: |
Support groups, I. E. C. |
- Also: BAWA Office in UK
(listed under 'United Kingdom')
-
- Ghana Cancer Society
Attn: Nana Esaa Mensaii
PO Box 14747
Accra, Ghana
| Tel: |
00233-21-227816 |
| Fax: |
00233-21-237391 |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (free) |
| |
Books/tapes/videos (free) |
| Other: |
Physician/healthcare referral service |
INDIA
Association for the
Welfare of the Handicapped
Post Box 59,
17/194A,
M'Square Complex,
Pavamani Road
Calicut 673001, India
| Tel: |
91-495-720601,
91-495-723586 |
| Fax: |
91-495-720028 |
| email: |
awhclt@md3.vsnl.net.in |
| www: |
www.awhonline.org |
| Referrals: |
Physician/Healthcare referral service |
| Other: |
Support groups |
| |
Supply of medicines free
and at cost price |
KENYA
- Sickle Cell
Foundation of Kenya
- Attn: Noah Naluande
- PO Box 41457
- c/o Tel 224430
- Mombasa, Kenya
NORWAY
- Norsk Nevrologisk
Forening
c/o Espen Dietrichs
Nevrologisk Avdeling
Ulleval Hospital
00407 Oslo, Norway
PORTUGAL
- Sociedade Portuguesa
de Neurologia
- Servico Neurologia
- Hospitalis da Univ de
Coimbra
- 3049 Coimbra, Portugal
| Tel: |
351-39-400-448 |
| Fax: |
351-39-22-637 |
| email: |
haneuluc@mail.telepac.pt |
RUSSIA (Siberian Section)
- Interregional Siberian
Anti-Pain Fund
- 130 Nemirovich-Danchenko
Street
Novosibirsk 630087, Russia
| email: |
pain@painstudy.ru |
| www: |
www.painstudy.ru/ |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (free) |
| |
Journal "Pain
and its Treatment" (Purchase) |
| Other: |
Conferences |
SOUTH AFRICA, REPUBLIC OF
- Hospice Association
of the Witwatersrand
- PO Box 87600
- 97 Houghton Drive, Houghton,
- Johannesburg, 2041, Republic
of South Africa
| Referrals: |
Physician/Healthcare services |
SRI LANKA
Saviya Development Foundation
24/A Wewelwala Rd
Galle, Sri Lanka
| Tel: |
94-9-45781 |
| Fax: |
94-9-34281 |
| email: |
sdf@sri.lanka.net |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (free) |
| |
Books/tapes/videos (free) |
| Other: |
Support groups |
SWITZERLAND
- International Union
Against Cancer
- c/o I. Mortara
- 3 Rue du Conseil-General
- 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
| Tel: |
41-22-809-18-11 |
| Fax: |
41-22-809-18-10 |
| email: |
info@uicc.org |
| www: |
http://www.uicc.org |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (free) |
| |
Books/tapes/videos (free) (purchase) |
| Referrals: |
Physician/Healthcare services |
| Other: |
Conferences/
Support groups/information ‘hot line’ |
-
- World Health
Organization
- Attn: Dr L.L. Prilipko,
Chief, Neurosciences Division of Mental Health
- 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
| Tel: |
41-22-791-3621 |
| Fax: |
41-22-791-4160 |
| email: |
prilipkolewho.ch |
UNITED KINGDOM
- Association of
Anaesthestists of Great Britain and Ireland
- 9 Bedford Square
- London WC1B 3RA, United
Kingdom
| Tel: |
020-7631-1650 |
| Fax: |
020-7631-4352 |
|
email: |
info@aagbi.org |
|
www: |
www.aagbi.org |
|
Resources: |
|
|
Publications: |
Information brochures (free) |
Backcare Think-Back
Attn: Pete Moore
PO Box 6323
Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2FX, United Kingdom
| Tel: |
01245-266488 |
| email: |
enquires@think-back.com |
| www: |
www.think-back.com |
|
Publications: |
Information
brochures (purchase) |
| |
Books/tapes/videos (purchase) |
| Other: |
Back
Awareness Day organised/ Support groups |
| |
Pain Management
Programme |
-
- Beware of Aids (BAWA)
- (UK office for BAWA Ghana -
see listing under Ghana)
- 97 Thirlmere House
401 Summerwood Road,
Isleworth, Middlesex,
Hounslow, TW7 7QX, United Kingdom
-
- Endometriosis
Association European Headquarters
- 89 Southgate Road
- London N1 3JS, United
Kingdom
|
Tel: |
44-(1)414-355-2200 |
|
Fax: |
44-(1)414-355-6065 |
|
email: |
endo@endometriososassn.org |
|
www: |
endometriosisassn.org
|
|
Resources: |
|
|
Publications: |
Information brochures (free) |
| |
Books/tapes/videos (purchase) |
|
Other: |
Support groups/information ‘hot line’/ research programs |
| |
Physician/healthcare referral service |
Fibromyalgia
Association UK
|
Tel: |
44-(0)1202-259155 |
|
email: |
info@ukfibromyalgia.com |
|
www: |
www.UKfibromyalgia.com |
|
Publications: |
Monthly magazine (subscribe) |
| |
Fortnightly research bulletin - emailed (free) |
|
Other: |
Online consultations with resident doctor; online benefits advice service |
| |
Support groups |
Migraine Trust, The
45 Great Ormond St
London WC1N 3HD, United Kingdom
| Tel: |
44-028314818 |
| Fax: |
44-02831-5174 |
| email: |
migrainetrust@compuserve.com |
| www: |
www.migrainetrust.org |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures and Factsheets (free) |
| |
Books
(purchase: £6.50) |
| Other: |
Information
'hot line' |
| |
Support groups |
- Neuropathy Trust
- PO Box 26
- Nantwich CW5 5FP United
Kingdom
|
www: |
www.neuropathy-trust.org |
|
Publications: |
Information leaflets (free with S.A.E.) |
| |
Booklets (purchase) |
| |
Subscriber's journal
'RELAY' (Three times per annum) |
|
Other: |
Support groups and UK 'Local contact network' (telephone support network) |
- Pain Concern
PO Box 13256
Haddington, EH 41 4YD, United Kingdom
- Pain Relief
Foundation
- Clinical Services Centre,
- University Hospital Aintree,
- Loweer Lane,
- Liverpool, L9 7AL, United
Kingdom
| Tel: |
441-(0)151-523-1486 |
| Fax: |
441-(0)151-521-6155 |
| email: |
pri@liv.ac.uk |
| www: |
http://www.liv.ac.uk/pri/ |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures |
| |
Books/tapes/videos |
| Other: |
Support groups |
- Pain Wise UK
- 33 Kingsdown Park
Tankerton, Kent CT5 2DT
United Kingdom
| Tel: |
44-01227-277993 |
| Fax: |
44-01227-277993 |
| www: |
www.painsupport.co.uk |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (purchase) |
| |
Books/tapes/videos |
| Other: |
Support
groups; Physician/healthcare referral service |
| |
Information 'Hot line' |
- Physiotherapy Pain
Association
- 9 Lowenway, Threemilestone,
- Truro, TR3 6TR, United
Kingdom
| Tel: |
01872-252160 |
| Other: |
Support groups |
-
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
Assn. (UK)
- 98 Hayes Lane
Bromley, Kent BR2 9EP, United Kingdom
| email: |
TNALondon@hotmail.com |
| www: |
http://www.tna-uk.org.uk |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (free) |
| Other: |
Helpline for
patients and carers; Support groups |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Agency for Health
Care Policy and Research
AHCPR
PO Box 8574
Silver Spring, MD 20907, USA
| Tel: |
1-800-4-CANCER |
| Fax: |
301-402-5874 |
| www: |
www.cancer.gov/coping.html |
|
Publications: |
Information
brochure on managing cancer pain available in Spanish and English.
Also, full text available online |
-
- American Academy of
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
4700 W. Lake Ave
- Glenview, IL 60025-1468, USA
| Tel: |
703-787-7718 |
| Fax: |
703-435-4390 |
| email: |
aahpm@aahpm.org |
| www: |
http://www.aahpm.org |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (free) |
| |
Books/tapes
(purchase) |
-
- American Academy of
Orofacial Pain
- 19 Mantua Rd
- Mt Royal, NJ 08061, USA
| Tel: |
856-423-3629 |
| Fax: |
856-423-3420 |
| Email: |
aaopco@talley.com |
| www: |
www.aaop.org |
| Publications |
Information brochures (purchase) |
- American Academy of
Pain Medicine
- c/o J. Engle
4700 W. Lake Ave
Glenview IL 60025-1485
| Tel: |
847-375-4731 |
| Fax: |
847-375-4777 |
| email: |
aapm@amctec.com |
| www: |
www.painmed.org |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (purchase) |
- American Academy of
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- One IBM Plaza, Ste 2500
- Chicago, IL 60611-3604, USA
| Tel: |
312-464-9700 |
| Fax: |
312-464-0227 |
| email: |
info@aapmr.org |
| www: |
http://www.aapmr.org |
| Publications: |
Information
brochures (free) |
| Referrals: |
Physician/Healthcare services |
-
- American Alliance of
Cancer Pain Initiatives
- 1300 University Avenue, Room
4720
- Madison, WI 53706, USA
|
Tel: |
608-265-4013 |
|
Fax: |
608-265-4014 |
|
email: |
aacpi@aacpi.org |
|
www: |
www.aacpi.org |
|
Publications: |
Information brochures |
| |
Books/tapes/videos (loan) (purchase) |
-
- American Association
of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
- 9700 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.
- Rosemont, IL 60018, USA
